The address can be different from the location, especially when it is only a mailing address and does not represent the actual physical location. Generally address should be used except when the location and address are different.

The following parameters are provided for the height of buildings. They include parameters corresponding to methods used by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) to measure the height of tall buildings. CTBUH heights are measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance of the building.

Parameter

Description

height

Generic height parameter

architectural

(CTBUH) Height to the top of the building, inclusive of spires but excluding items such as flagpoles and antennae. This is the most commonly cited CTBUH measurement.

tip

(CTBUH) Height to the highest point of the building, including antennae, flagpoles, and technical equipment.

top_floor

(CTBUH) Height to the floor level of the highest floor that is occupied by building users on a consistent basis.

roof

(CTBUH) Height to top of roof. This category was removed from CTBUH criteria in 2009, but is included for historical data.

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

This template may be used to summarise information about a building. See template documentation for more information.

Template parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Status

name

name

Name of building

String

required

Native name

native_name

Name of building in native language

String

optional

Native name language

native_name_lang

ISO 639-2 code

String

optional

Former names

former_names

Former names

String

optional

Alternate names

alternate_names

Alternate names

String

optional

status

status

useful to show the construction status of new buildings. The keywords to the right can be used to produce the appropriate colored status:

String

optional

image

image

Image of the building

String

optional

Image text

image_alt

Text to display if image cannot be shown

String

optional

Image size

image_size

Image size

Number

optional

caption

caption

Caption for image

String

optional

location

location

Location of the building

String

optional

address

address

Address of the building

String

optional

location_town

location_town

Settlement where the building is located

String

optional

location_country

location_country

Country where the building is located

String

optional

iso_region

iso_region

ISO region code where the building is located

String

optional

coordinates_format

coordinates_format

coordinates_format

String

optional

latitude (decimal)

latitude

latitude

String

optional

longitude (decimal)

longitude

longitude

String

optional

coordinates

coordinates

coordinates

String

optional

Latitude degrees

latd

Geographic coordinates of location.

String

optional

Latitude minutes

latm

Geographic coordinates of location

String

optional

Latitude seconds

lats

Geographic coordinates of location

String

optional

Latitude N/S

latNS

Geographic coordinates of location

String

optional

Longitude degrees

longd

Geographic coordinates of location

String

optional

Longitude minutes

longm

Geographic coordinates of location

String

optional

Longitude E/W

longEW

Geographic coordinates of location

String

optional

coordinates_display

coordinates_display

Option for {{coord}}

String

optional

groundbreaking_date

groundbreaking_date

Date of the formal ground breaking, if any

String

optional

start_date

start_date

Date building construction started

String

optional

completion_date

completion_date

Completion date of construction if know

String

optional

opened_date

opened_date

Date of opening

String

optional

inauguration_date

inauguration_date

Inauguration date if know

String

optional

demolition_date

demolition_date

Date building was demolished

String

optional

destruction_date

destruction_date

Date building was destroyed, generally by a natural event or war

String

optional

architect

architect

Name of original architect

String

optional

landlord

landlord

Name of current landlord

String

optional

owner

owner

Name(s) of current owner(s)

String

optional

cost

cost

Construction cost

String

optional

floor_area

floor_area

Gross floor area of the building, expressed as a numerical value

String

optional

top_floor

top_floor

Number of the highest floor expressed as a numerical value

String

optional

floor_count

floor_count

Number of floors expressed as a numerical value

String

optional

awards

awards

listed awards should meet the&amp;nbsp;notability criteria&amp;nbsp;for its own non-redirectarticle in the English Wikipedia.&amp;nbsp;Red-linked entries&amp;nbsp;are acceptable if the award's notability is&amp;nbsp;verifiable, and it is reasonable to expect an article could be forthcoming in the future. This standard prevents the infobox award section from becoming an&amp;nbsp;indiscriminate list.

String

optional

ren_awards

ren_awards

listed awards should meet the&amp;nbsp;notability criteria&amp;nbsp;for its own non-redirectarticle in the English Wikipedia.&amp;nbsp;Red-linked entries&amp;nbsp;are acceptable if the award's notability is&amp;nbsp;verifiable, and it is reasonable to expect an article could be forthcoming in the future. This standard prevents the infobox award section from becoming an&amp;nbsp;indiscriminate list.

String

optional

parking

parking

parking

String

optional

url

url

URL

String

optional

embed

embed

Embed this infobox into another by using embed=yes

String

optional

embedded

embedded

Other templates to be embedded in this infobox. Templates with such capability include {{Designation list}} and {{Infobox NRHP}}